Patent US10505524

Synchronization in a quantum controller with modular and dynamic pulse generation and routing
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US10505524

1. A system comprising: (8) (1)

a quantum controller comprising a plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits and synchronization circuitry, wherein: the synchronization circuitry is operable to determine a sequence of on-grid times that occur periodically with a period that, to a determined probability, is larger than an uncertainty in synchronization signal propagation time for a first and second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits;

the first of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuit is operable to: determine, during execution of a first instruction group, that the first of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is to next execute a third instruction group synchronously with execution of a second instruction group by a second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits;

upon completion of the execution of the first instruction group, wait for a next one of the on-grid times;

upon arrival of the next one of the on-grid times, execute a synchronization procedure that comprises: a generation of a synchronization signal that indicates that the first of the quantum control pulse generation circuits has started the synchronization procedure;

a check, after a wait period, of whether the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuit is in the synchronization procedure, wherein the wait period is greater, to a determined probability, than the synchronization signal propagation time;

if the check reveals that the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is in the synchronization procedure, a start of execution of the third instruction group on a subsequent, determined time; and

if the check reveals that the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is not in the synchronization procedure, another check of whether the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is in the synchronization procedure after a period of time equal to the period of the on-grid times.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the quantum controller comprises a clock circuit. (3) (0)

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the period of the on-grid times is one cycle of the clock circuit. (0)

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the period of the on-grid times is multiple cycles of the clock circuit. (0)

5. The system of claim 2, wherein a quantity of cycles of the clock circuit that correspond to the period of the on-grid times is stored in a grid step register of the synchronization circuitry. (1) (0)

7. The system of claim 1, wherein: (0) (2)

8. The system of claim 1, comprising a register in which the wait period is stored. (0)

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the check of whether the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is in the synchronization procedure comprises a check of a state of a synchronization register of the synchronization circuitry. (0)

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the determination that the first of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is to next execute a third instruction group synchronously with execution of a second instruction group by the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits comprises a detection of an asserted synchronization field in an instruction received by the first quantum control pulse generation circuit. (0)

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits comprises a synchronization register and the check of whether the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits is in the synchronization procedure comprises a read of a state of the synchronization register. (0)

12. The system of claim 1, wherein: (1) (2)

14. The system of claim 1, wherein: (2) (3)

the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits comprises at least three quantum control pulse generation circuits;

the quantum controller comprises a synchronization manager circuit; and

the synchronization manager comprises circuitry configured to indicate which two of the at least three quantum control pulse generation circuits are the first and the second quantum control pulse generation circuits.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein: (0) (2)

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the synchronization manager circuit is operable to generate a ready signal that indicates whether the first of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits and the second of the plurality of quantum control pulse generation circuits are ready to begin executing instructions synchronously with one another. (1) (0)

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Patent US10505524

Synchronization in a quantum controller with modular and dynamic pulse generation and routing

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